nervous system
• brain white matter contains multiple vacuoles in the subcortical, periventricular, internal capsule and cerebellar white matter unlike in wild-type mice
• vacuoles are larger and more abundant in the cerebellum
• at 22 months, mice exhibit an increase in T2 signal on an MRI in the cerebral white matter, an indication of leukoencephalopathy
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• older mice exhibit vacuoles in the basal ganglia unlike in wild-type mice
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• older mice exhibit vacuoles in the dentate nuclei unlike in wild-type mice
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• brain white matter contains multiple vacuoles in the subcortical, periventricular, internal capsule and cerebellar white matter unlike in wild-type mice
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cellular
• mitochondrial DNA in the brain is reduced 27% compared to in wild-type mice
• depletion of mtDNA is more severe in older mice
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• the mitochondrial respiratory chain is deficient in the brain with 30% less complex I and IV activities compared to in wild-type mice
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homeostasis/metabolism
• thymidine phosphorylase activity is decreased in the liver and undetectable in the brain, heart, lung, muscle, spleen, small intestine, and kidney unlike in wild-type mice
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• mice exhibit an increase in thymidine and deoxyuridine in the brain, lung, spleen, kidney, heart, muscle, small intestine and liver compared to in wild-type mice
• mitochondrial nucleotide pools in the liver and brain are unbalanced with increased deoxythymidine triphosphate in both organs and increased deoxycytidine triphosphate in the brain compared to in wild-type mice
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skeleton
Mouse Models of Human Disease |
DO ID | OMIM ID(s) | Ref(s) | |
mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 1 | DOID:0080119 |
OMIM:603041 |
J:144245 |